This text explores Patočka's interpretation of the relationship between the idea and reality, emphasizing the concept of 'chōrismos' – the fundamental separation of the world of ideas from our everyday reality. This gap is not merely a theoretical construct but is linked to the primary experience of human freedom, defined by the capacity to maintain a distance from real things. The author poses a series of ontological questions regarding the nature of ideas: examining whether the idea exists in the singular or plural and what relationships prevail between individual ideas. Are these relationships objective, or are ideas viewed in context only through human understanding? The study further investigates the manner in which ideas are perceived by the internal gaze and their inherent form. It analyzes the dialectic between the existence of ideas 'a se' (in themselves) and their significance 'pro nobis' (for us). Finally, it reflects on the internal structure of the world of ideas, their mutual kinship or alienation, and the way they maintain a necessary mutual distance and external character within their plurality.